FRIEND OF THE NATION

EPS 6 NEMANGKAWI

EPS 6 NEMANGKAWI

The rain always brings songs. Take me flying on past memories. In the speck I always see your face. Sweet, smiling seduces my miss. Came uninvited with the circles that soaked my heart. Reminds me how time passes so quickly. And now I'm shackled to miss your freckle.

And under the rain, there was a laugh full of jokes. Running on the wet earth touching the side of my ripple. Like water that seeps into the ground, and the ground doesn't care. This cold also seeps into the skin and even penetrates into the bones. But who cares, when the excitement is so high filled with laughter welcoming the rain?

“Marlon! The marlin! Don't play the rain too long. Come on into the house,” call Nene Yoteni to his two grandchildren who are still fun playing rain.

Nene's voice was so loud and loud, but who could stop the excitement of the children playing in the rain? As if not hearing his grandmother's call, the two twin boys continued to run around and look up at his face. Sometimes the two boys' feet kicked the water puddle deep enough, so that the water gushed everywhere. And the sound of laughter broke back.

“Hahaha..! Look Marlon, your whole body is soaked in water!” marlin shouted over the noisy rain.

“Hahaha! You too! See your hair is even full of trash and soil!” marlon won't lose.

Haha..!

Then they laughed together until Luke's uncle, Papa Neles' sister, came and told them to take a bath immediately because Nene Yoteni was waiting for.

“Your fathers will be home soon. You better take a shower, then eat. Nene you have been waiting since,” said uncle Lukas.

The two twins soon ended their playing time. After cleaning themselves with rainwater drained into a container of stone, they immediately faced his grandmother. Nene Yoteni had prepared many vegetables, yams, warm sago porridge and grilled meat, which the mama sent and cooked in Ebei.

“Eat a lot,” order Nene.

Without saying another word, Marlon and Marlin immediately stormed the food that was in front of them. The coldness and sense of accomplishment after playing in the rain, made them feel so hungry Their mouth to the point of dabbling so ravenously. .Not how long the food in front of them was immediately exhausted, only the container remained.

Nene Yoteni just laughed at the behavior of her grandchildren. Without feeling the time goes on. The two twins grew into teenagers. Their bodies seem to be full. People who don't really know them have a hard time distinguishing Marlon and Marlin. Physically they are almost the same, but in fact they have different characters.

Marlon is more of a loner. He loves to read, draw, sculpt and engrave. Papuan art talent is so thick flowing in his body. Sometimes he goes to the swamps to look for crabs. Marlin is more open. He likes to play ball, hunt in the woods and sing with his papa and mama, because his voice is good. He was also one of the best archers in the Ibo tribe.

All members of the Ibo tribe love both. Besides they are the sons of the chieftain, but their friendly and helpful nature makes people like them. Their faces are also sweet and handsome so it is quite well known among the tribes in the Baliem valley region.

***

The night is getting late. The moonlight was covered with thin clouds after the rain. Cold weather that pierced the skin, making most of the members of the Ibo tribe have slept in their respective disputes. Only a few people were still talking in a big house. Neles Ibo, who had just arrived at Uma, sat speechless in front of his mother, playing with his own thoughts.

Along the way home, his mind always remembered Iles Mowa's message about the golden black orchid. He also remembered about two twins who had to take him into the wilderness and bring him directly before Johana. Why not him alone, who should take the golden orchid? Then where can he find twins who are willing to take gold orchids with all the risks?

Neles Ibo took a deep breath, then exhaled it in a long groove. After that he also told the results of his meeting with Iles Mowa. About the cause of Johana's disease and the requirements that must be met for her recovery. In the room, Perpetua who since the afternoon was in Uma, secretly listened to the words of her husband.

“It turns out Yohana and her two aunts were hit by the curse of the forest ranger ban nene. He is considered to be over-acting so as to threaten the sustainability of the forest,” Neles said.

Nene Yoheni's wrinkled face looked sad. The children of his hair that was already white all look swayed in the night wind.

“I expected it,” said later, “Have you apologized for your daughter's mistake?”

Neles Ibo nodded his head.

“Have Mother. I also ask for forgiveness from my two dead sisters.”

Then Neles recounted the results of his meeting with Iles Mowa. The Mowa chieftain said the proscribed rangers had forgiven her daughter. But to cure the disease, there are its own conditions that must be fulfilled. Nene Yoteni looked at Neles face with her eyes that had all myopic eyes.

“Tell Neles, what conditions should be made for my grandson's recovery?”

“He must be brought by the golden black orchid found in the forbidden forest under Nemangkawi Ninggok.”

Nene Yoteni looked at her son's face. Nemangkawi Ninggok is a Papuan name for the peak of Jayawijaya mountain, meaning white arrows. Who knows, it's a place no one should go to. In addition to its nature is dangerous, but the forest is also believed to be a very haunted forbidden forest.

“Then, what else are you waiting for. Depart now looking for the golden black orchid,” he said.

Neles shook his head.

“If only I could do it, I would have gone to pick up that golden orchid. No matter how much I have to lose my life.”

“What are other terms?” ask Nene Yoteni.

“There's Mother. Those who take the golden orchid must be two twins and they themselves must give it to Johana,” replied Neles Ibo.

Nene Yoteni nodded her head. Apparently he was beginning to understand what made his son look confused.

“The problem again is who are the twins who are willing to risk their lives into the forbidden forest and take the golden black orchid,” said Neles Ibo.

Nene Yoteni was silent. Apparently he was thinking about the words of Iles Mowa. Should the two twins who carried the golden black orchid from the forbidden forest get to the front of Yohana?

“I know. The twins Iles Mowa refers to are Marlon and Marlin,”.

Although he had expected it but Neles Ibo remained aghast. Marlon and Marlin were kids?

“Remember Neles, the man who can enter Yohana's room is only his own brother,” Nene said again reminded.